malu
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editmalu (plural malus)
- A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editmalu (comparative more malu, superlative most malu)
Synonyms
editAnagrams
editAromanian
editNoun
editmalu
- Alternative form of mal
Asturian
editEtymology
editAdjective
editmalu m sg (feminine singular mala, neuter singular malo, masculine plural malos, feminine plural males)
Gamilaraay
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmalu
References
edit- (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement
Hawaiian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmalu
Verb
editmalu
Related terms
editIban
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmalu
Indonesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editmalu
Noun
editmalu
Latvian
editNoun
editmalu f
- inflection of mala:
Verb
editmalu
Malay
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editmalu (Jawi spelling مالو, plural malu-malu, informal 1st possessive maluku, 2nd possessive malumu, 3rd possessive malunya)
- sensitive plant; Mimosa pudica
Adjective
editmalu (Jawi spelling مالو)
Derived terms
editRegular affixed derivations:
- bermalu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- semalu [comparability] (se-)
- malu-malu [reduplication] (redup)
- memalui [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- memalukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- termalu-termalu [agentless action + reduplication] (teR- + redup)
- kemaluan (“genitalia”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
- kemaluan-kemaluan (“shyness”) [resemblance / passive + reduplication] (ke-an + redup)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “malu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Papiamentu
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editmalu
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmalu
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editmalu
Further reading
editSamoan
editNoun
editmalu
- female tattoo
Sardinian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin malus. Compare Italian malo.
Adjective
editmalu (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)
Serbo-Croatian
editAdjective
editmalu
- inflection of mal:
Sicilian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin malus (“bad, wicked”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmalu (feminine singular mala, masculine and feminine plural mali)
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editRelated terms
editWelsh
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *malɨd from Proto-Celtic *meleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-é-ti, from *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”) + *-éti.[1][2] Cognate with Latin molō,[3] Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmalɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈma(ː)li/
- Rhymes: -alɨ
Verb
editmalu (first-person singular present malaf)
Conjugation
editsingular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | malaf | meli | mâl, mala | malwn | melwch, malwch | malant | melir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
malwn | malit | malai | malem | malech | malent | melid | |
preterite | melais | melaist | malodd | malasom | malasoch | malasant | malwyd | |
pluperfect | malaswn | malasit | malasai | malasem | malasech | malasent | malasid, malesid | |
present subjunctive | malwyf | melych | malo | malom | maloch | malont | maler | |
imperative | — | mâl, mala | maled | malwn | melwch, malwch | malent | maler | |
verbal noun | malu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | maledig maladwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | mala i, malaf i | mali di | malith o/e/hi, maliff e/hi | malwn ni | malwch chi | malan nhw |
conditional | malwn i, malswn i | malet ti, malset ti | malai fo/fe/hi, malsai fo/fe/hi | malen ni, malsen ni | malech chi, malsech chi | malen nhw, malsen nhw |
preterite | malais i, males i | malaist ti, malest ti | malodd o/e/hi | malon ni | maloch chi | malon nhw |
imperative | — | mala | — | — | malwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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malu | falu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mal-o-, *mel-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “malu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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